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General / Re: Get screenshot

« on: August 20, 2014, 09:11:11 pm »

Hey this is how I do it ( I Put it into the events code block)

case sf::Keyboard::F12:
                                        {
                                                sf::Image screen = window.capture();
                                                srand(time(0));
                                                long double randomNum = 0;
                                                for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
                                                {
                                                        randomNum = rand() % 125000000 + 1;
                                                }
                                                string fileName = "Screenshots\\" + std::to_string(randomNum) + ".png";
                                                screen.saveToFile(fileName);
                                                break;
                                        }

I am using a randum num generator for the names of the screens... you dont need to do that

17

General / Re: Very High CPU Usage.

« on: August 20, 2014, 08:24:11 pm »

Ok I Figured it out what is going on now can someone help me figure it out???
Well I downloaded Fraps to benchmark my game and either with or without window.SetFramerateLimit(60) / window.SetVirtualSync(enabled) <- something close  to that , dont remember the syntax atm... fraps only counts about 4... 5 fps!!!!!! so he is not maxing out the fps, also btw Fraps is not recording the game? Just a black screen and my mouse moving around. Please Help

18

General / Re: Very High CPU Usage.

« on: August 20, 2014, 07:58:46 pm »

I am going to try what Gobbles suggested, just want more suggestions in case his dont work... And I don't think getting half full CPU is good? with such a little thing so far.

19

General / Re: Very High CPU Usage.

« on: August 19, 2014, 11:57:10 pm »

Please someone post more ideas ;(

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General / Re: Very High CPU Usage.

« on: August 19, 2014, 12:35:16 am »

Alright I'll put a minimal example here...

I am using SFML 2.1 and I got it from SFML site -> Download -> 2.1 -> Windows -> Visual Studio 2010 10 (I didn't recompiled with CMAKE or whatever, just straight from the site...)

So I guess this example is ok? :

#include <sfTheora.h>
#include <SFML/Audio.hpp>
#include <SFML/Config.hpp>
#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
#include <SFML/Network.hpp>
#include <SFML/OpenGL.hpp>
#include <SFML/System.hpp>
#include <SFML/Window.hpp>
#include "textCreator.h"
#include "mainScreen.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <time.h>
#include <string>
#include "variables.h"
#include "Funcs.h"

using namespace std;

int main()
{
        sf::ContextSettings settings;
        settings.antialiasingLevel = 8;
        sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(fullscreen.width, fullscreen.height), "SFML Project", sf::Style::Fullscreen, settings);
        sf::Clock clock;

//      window.setVerticalSyncEnabled(true); <- I removed it because it wasnt doing anything and yes I tried //frame rate limit as well!
       
        mainFont.loadFromFile("Fonts\\sansation.ttf"); //mainFont is located on file variables.h

        sf::Text pressENT;
        pressENT.setColor(sf::Color::White);
        pressENT.setFont(mainFont);
        pressENT.setString("Press [ENTER] to Skip this Video");
        pressENT.setPosition(fullscreen.width-(fullscreen.width*0.65), fullscreen.height-(fullscreen.height*0.10));

        sftheora::Video introVideo("intro.ogg");

    while (window.isOpen())
    {
        sf::Event event;
        while (window.pollEvent(event))
        {
          //... normal event codes here + a few ones like mouse clicks, F12 etc that I inserted
                               
        }

                introVideo.update(clock.restart());

        window.clear();
                if(introVideo.isDone() == false)
                {
                        window.draw(introVideo);
                        window.draw(pressENT);
                }
                if(introVideo.isDone() == true)
                {
                        if(isMainScreenOn==true)
                        {
                                mainScreen::drawMainScreen(&window); //mainScreen.h / mainScreen.cpp... it's basically //a collection of items that are drawn if you want I can post that as well?
                        }
                }
        window.display();
    }
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

21

General / Re: Very High CPU Usage.

« on: August 19, 2014, 12:15:44 am »

Nope, I have the build set as Release and I open it with "Debug->Build Solution (F7)" I wait untill it says "Build Completed" down there, then I go to Visual Studio 2010/Projects/Project Name/Release/.exe here <- and I open it

22

General / Re: Very High CPU Usage.

« on: August 19, 2014, 12:13:32 am »

I think so? I used window.setFramerateLimit(60); (I also tried other values)

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General / Very High CPU Usage.

« on: August 19, 2014, 12:05:23 am »

Hello, I am currently working on a game with SFML (2.1), I am using Visual C++ 2010.
Just to start my computer is not the best, maybe not even close however this is way too exagerated as all I have done so far is a little bit of the main menu and it uses 56% of the CPU... And However I can play Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 (which I Suppose it's heavier then a little bit of the main menu of my game...) and it only uses about 36%...

So yeah, I Do not know where the problem is... I have tried many things, I have tried not loading an intro video (I Am Using SfTheora 1.4 to do so) by removing all of the SfTheora calls and everything associated to it, I had one multi-thread call which was just scrolling text around the screen , I tried removing it as well, I tried removing a function (void) which was cycling the colors of a text, I tried commenting out the WHOLE events  code block ... I tried removing vSync, I tried using framerate limit, I tried who knows what! I went from every part of my code, changing things... NOTHING, The CPU just keeps at that level pretty much With a thing THIS small (so far) I guess it shouldn't even be on 1% CPU... MAX I would say like 4%... So... Why does it stay like that?

Please Make Any Suggestions and tell me if you need anything to help me out



Thanks